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Today's artistis are a New Zealand electronica duo from Christchurch. ..... N'Joy
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Mike and Paddy met in 1996. Since then they have released five albums, four remix albums and been on six world tours.
Their debut album, Futureproof, released in August 1998, rose to the top of the New Zealand electronic charts, despite no marketing or advertising. Their second album, Electronomicon, followed in September 2000, and led to a 30-date tour of New Zealand and Australia. Both albums spawned remix projects, featuring mixes by local luminaries such as International Observer, Epsilon Blue and Downtown Brown.
Their third album, Ape to Angel, released in New Zealand on 4 October 2004, gained critical acclaim. The "Ape to Angel" tour was the biggest to date, with 42 shows across the world, including their debut performances in United States. The remixes of this came out in New Zealand and Australia under the name "Halfway: between Ape and Angel" and in Europe and America as "Frequencies Fall.
Their fourth studio album was "Rude Mechanicals", released in 2007: it came out on the band's own label, Remote Recordings, in Australia and New Zealand; on the Wakyo label in Japan; and on Dubmission Records elsewhere in the worl The remixes of this album came out as "Rhythm, Sound and Movement" in May 2009.
The fifth Pitch Black record "Filtered Senses" came out on September 2nd 2016, and was followed by a remix collection, "Invisible Circuits", on July 7th 2017
Their sixth studio album "Third Light" was released on September 13th 2019 and followed with a tour of New Zealand in October and Europe in November[. A remix collection, "The Light Within", followed on July 10th 2020.
Pitch Black songs have been used on a variety of international film and media, such as Whale Rider and CSI: Miami. Also they have worked with Metia Interactive's Cube game for the PlayStation Portable, designing sound, and contributing music.
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Rhythm, Sound and Movement is a collection of remixes of tracks from Pitch Black’s Rude Mechanicals album, which, reflecting the duo’s wide ranging tastes and styles, encompasses nearly every genre of electronica and dance music there is. The compilation kicks off with two heavily dubwise numbers from former Thomspon Twin, International Observer, and Melbourne’s deadly duo, Deep Fried Dub. England’s Mistrust adds breaks to the mix, which Fold and Horace then throw into the blender with their dubstep meets drum’n’bass reduction of Bird Soul. Subtone gets us back on track with his techstep mix of taut beats and restrained funk, and Heavyweight Dub Champion’s Patch’s bass laden beats prepare the ground nicely for psy star Bluetech’s electro dub version of South of the Line. Neon Stereo takes us out onto the dancefloor with some tight tech house grooves and Johhny Hooves keeps us there by dropping Bukem style atmospheric drum’n’bass. Kerretta blow the whole thing out of the water with an amazingly indescribable remix – labels like “post rock” and “shoegaze” don’t do them any justice at all, while sublime, stunning and cinematic possibly do. Poker Flat’s Simon Flower carries on this blissful theme with his floating remix, while Rob’s is more akin to drowning! Thankfully Groove Yantra saves us from the murky depths with their upbeat world beats, and Friends Electric send us back into orbit, blending pulsating beats with a growling bassline.
All in all, a worthy addition to the Pitch Black cannon, similar to their previous remix collection, Frequencies Fall, in it’s eclectic ness, with some tracks made for the dancefloor, some for the living room, and some for the bedroom ;-) Rhythm, Sound and Movement indeed.
Pitch Black - Rhythm, Sound And Movement ( flac 465mb)
01 1000 Mile Drift (International Observer Remix) 5:52
02 Transient Transmissions (Deep Fried Dub's Battered Mix) 6:00
03 Rude Mechanicals (Mistrust's Ambiotik Mix) 6:20
04 Bird Soul (Fold Vs Horace Remix) 4:12
05 Bird Soul (Subtone's Funky, Hard And Atmospheric Drum And Bass Mix) 6:23
06 Sonic Colonic (Patch's Reconstruction Mix) 5:50
07 South Of The Line (Bluetech's Electroid Excursion) 4:47
08 Harmonia (Neon Stereo's Lost In A Cave Mix) 5:58
09 Please Leave Quietly (Johnny Hooves Remix) 5:40
10 Bird Soul (Kerretta Ornithomancy Mix) 5:35
11 1000 Mile Drift (Simon Flower's Lost At Sea Mix) 7:04
12 Harmonia (Rob's Light Remix) 3:38
13 Fragile Ladders (Groove Yantra's Eclectic, Psychedelic Dub) 6:02
14 Please Leave Quietly (Friends Electric Remix) 6:22
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Remixes + Rarities, the lalbum from Aucklands Pitch Black, is a package of rare tracks and lovingly crafted remixes of other artists music, chosen by Paddy Free and Mike Hodgson to represent their 15 years as one of NZs favourite electronica acts. Known globally for their stomping live sets, Remixes + Rarities showcases Pitch Blacks mellower side. Beginning with a dancefloor friendly, but respectful,reworking of the Richard Nunns and Hirini Melbourne original, Te Po and ending with an equally haunting version of Tikis Past Present Future, the album represents the past, present and future of the Pitch Black partnership. Included in the remixes are tracks by fellow NZ dub trailblazers International Observer and Salmonella Dub, who appear alongside independent music producer Tom Cosm and reggae legends Katchafire. Also fed through the PB warping machine are tracks from further afield: Mirror Beach by Mirror System (the ambient project of System 7); and A New Day, a remix of a Sri Lankan track that Pitch Black did for the Laya Project, a collaboration of regional folk musicians affected by the 2004 tsunami. Included on the album are three Pitch Black rarities, one of which is a recording of 1996s Im a Wanderer, the first track the pair worked on together, which showcases the industrial beginnings of what would become the Pitch Black sound: a dynamic balancing act between heavily sculpted basslines and choppy melody. Also included is Kaikoura Dub, the track used on Whalerider after Mike having been asked by Niki Caro for some music gave her a 23 minute mix of a jam recorded in Kaikoura. She ended up choosing a sliver for the film. We subsequently used the bones of this track for the tune Elements Turn on Ape to Angel The last rarity is Protect the Grain a windborne ambient track that was previously released on the limited edition EP Flex around the time of widespread anti GE demonstrations in NZ and worldwide. Pitch Black have always been more than a dance act, but on Remixes + Rarities they demonstrate the full reach of the musical territory they love to explore.
Pitch Black - Rarities and Remixes ( flac 412mb)
01 Hirini Melbourne & Richard Nunns -Te Po (Pitch Black Remix) 5:07
02 Pitch Black - Kaikoura Dub (Original Demo) 8:08
03 International Observer - House Of The Rising Dub (Pitch Black Remix) 6:18
04 Salmonella Dub - For The Love Of It (Pitch Black Version) 6:04
05 Tom Cosm - The Opaque (Pitch Black Remix) 7:26
06 Katchafire - Sensimillia (Pitch Black's Sensi Dub) 4:03
07 Pitch Black - I'm A Wanderer 6:04
08 Mirror System - Mirror Beach (Pitch Black's Iron Sands Re-rub) 8:05
09 Laya Project - A New Day (Pitch Black Remix) 11:53
10 Pitch Black - Protect The Grain 3:36
11 Tiki - Past Present Future (Pitch Black's Sleep Whisperer Mix) 6:17
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Since their very first gig at the Gathering music festival on Takaka Hill in 1996, Mike and Paddy have wowed audiences all over the world with their unique genre-bending brand of live electronic music.
The secret to their longevity is that if you’re never in fashion, you’re never go out of fashion! In an age when electronic genres and fads come and go, seemingly monthly, Pitch Black have managed to keep their sonic identity due to the blend of two very different personalities and musical styles: Paddy Free, the manic groove-merchant, and Michael Hodgson, the dark dub-meister.
Their new album saw them adopt a different working method - one they’ve dubbed (pardon the pun) remote-control. With Mike situated in London since 2012 and Paddy temporarily based in New York, Filtered Senses was written by swapping files over the web, with an intensive two week mixing session together in Mike’s studio in Hackney to finish the job. With the tracks ranging from the ambient wash of “A Great Silence is Spreading” to the stomping foot tapper of “Pixel Dust”, with everything else in between, Filtered Senses could be described as having one foot on the dancefloor, one eye in the cinema and both ears in psychedelic stereo. Pitch Black regularly collaborate with MC’s and vocalists who bring a different groove and a fresh sound to their tracks. Filtered Senses is no different, with the vocals on the album contributed by Alison Evelyn, a Londoner who Mike met at a vinyl night he runs. Her contemplative and observational words merged beautifully into the Pitch Black sound. Despite nine years between albums and four years living in different hemispheres, Filtered Senses is instantly recognisable as a Pitch Black album thanks to the unfeasibly large bass and endless delays sprinkled with touches of playfulness amidst the menacing undertones.
Pitch Black - Filtered Senses ( flac 280mb)
01 Filtered Senses 7:12
02 Circuit Bent 7:31
03 Invisible Chatter 5:29
04 Dub Smoke 6:51
05 A Great Silence Is Spreading 6:11
06 It's the Future Knocking 7:24
07 Without the Trees 5:48
08 Pixel Dust 7:10
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Pitch Black's two-decade career of fusing different musical styles is in full effect across this eight track release. Dub, downbeat, techno, drum’n’bass and cinematic ambience are all ingredients in an echo-drenched odyssey that moves the heart and mind and body, as Pitch Black’s distinctive sonic signature of deep analogue dub combines with beats ranging from slinky to slamming and vocals spanning enigmatic to emphatic. As the album shifts between dance floor and brain food, it reflects on a world similarly in transition between two states. On the one hand, the planet faces depleting resources and a looming climate emergency; on the other, capitalism and consumerism are marching blindly onwards. As a result of this conundrum, there are many contemplative moments on the album, most notably with the world’s extinction echoing in the ambience of the final track “Did You Get the Message”. Despite prevaricating between pessimism and optimism, “Third Light” is far from a depressing record. After all, Pitch Black are far from technological luddites, and just as their futuristic beats strive for a progressive future, so they hope for a more harmonious tomorrow.
Pitch Black - Third Light ( flac 288mb)
1 The Silver World 5:11
2 One Ton Skank 8:20
3 Third Light 8:13
4 Artificial Intolerance 5:55
5 Daylight Wasting 7:38
6 The Lake Within 5:35
7 A Doubtful Sound 6:40
8 Did You Get the Message 5:25
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Today's artistis are a New Zealand electronica duo from Christchurch. ..... N'Joy
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Mike and Paddy met in 1996. Since then they have released five albums, four remix albums and been on six world tours.
Their debut album, Futureproof, released in August 1998, rose to the top of the New Zealand electronic charts, despite no marketing or advertising. Their second album, Electronomicon, followed in September 2000, and led to a 30-date tour of New Zealand and Australia. Both albums spawned remix projects, featuring mixes by local luminaries such as International Observer, Epsilon Blue and Downtown Brown.
Their third album, Ape to Angel, released in New Zealand on 4 October 2004, gained critical acclaim. The "Ape to Angel" tour was the biggest to date, with 42 shows across the world, including their debut performances in United States. The remixes of this came out in New Zealand and Australia under the name "Halfway: between Ape and Angel" and in Europe and America as "Frequencies Fall.
Their fourth studio album was "Rude Mechanicals", released in 2007: it came out on the band's own label, Remote Recordings, in Australia and New Zealand; on the Wakyo label in Japan; and on Dubmission Records elsewhere in the worl The remixes of this album came out as "Rhythm, Sound and Movement" in May 2009.
The fifth Pitch Black record "Filtered Senses" came out on September 2nd 2016, and was followed by a remix collection, "Invisible Circuits", on July 7th 2017
Their sixth studio album "Third Light" was released on September 13th 2019 and followed with a tour of New Zealand in October and Europe in November[. A remix collection, "The Light Within", followed on July 10th 2020.
Pitch Black songs have been used on a variety of international film and media, such as Whale Rider and CSI: Miami. Also they have worked with Metia Interactive's Cube game for the PlayStation Portable, designing sound, and contributing music.
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Rhythm, Sound and Movement is a collection of remixes of tracks from Pitch Black’s Rude Mechanicals album, which, reflecting the duo’s wide ranging tastes and styles, encompasses nearly every genre of electronica and dance music there is. The compilation kicks off with two heavily dubwise numbers from former Thomspon Twin, International Observer, and Melbourne’s deadly duo, Deep Fried Dub. England’s Mistrust adds breaks to the mix, which Fold and Horace then throw into the blender with their dubstep meets drum’n’bass reduction of Bird Soul. Subtone gets us back on track with his techstep mix of taut beats and restrained funk, and Heavyweight Dub Champion’s Patch’s bass laden beats prepare the ground nicely for psy star Bluetech’s electro dub version of South of the Line. Neon Stereo takes us out onto the dancefloor with some tight tech house grooves and Johhny Hooves keeps us there by dropping Bukem style atmospheric drum’n’bass. Kerretta blow the whole thing out of the water with an amazingly indescribable remix – labels like “post rock” and “shoegaze” don’t do them any justice at all, while sublime, stunning and cinematic possibly do. Poker Flat’s Simon Flower carries on this blissful theme with his floating remix, while Rob’s is more akin to drowning! Thankfully Groove Yantra saves us from the murky depths with their upbeat world beats, and Friends Electric send us back into orbit, blending pulsating beats with a growling bassline.
All in all, a worthy addition to the Pitch Black cannon, similar to their previous remix collection, Frequencies Fall, in it’s eclectic ness, with some tracks made for the dancefloor, some for the living room, and some for the bedroom ;-) Rhythm, Sound and Movement indeed.
Pitch Black - Rhythm, Sound And Movement ( flac 465mb)
01 1000 Mile Drift (International Observer Remix) 5:52
02 Transient Transmissions (Deep Fried Dub's Battered Mix) 6:00
03 Rude Mechanicals (Mistrust's Ambiotik Mix) 6:20
04 Bird Soul (Fold Vs Horace Remix) 4:12
05 Bird Soul (Subtone's Funky, Hard And Atmospheric Drum And Bass Mix) 6:23
06 Sonic Colonic (Patch's Reconstruction Mix) 5:50
07 South Of The Line (Bluetech's Electroid Excursion) 4:47
08 Harmonia (Neon Stereo's Lost In A Cave Mix) 5:58
09 Please Leave Quietly (Johnny Hooves Remix) 5:40
10 Bird Soul (Kerretta Ornithomancy Mix) 5:35
11 1000 Mile Drift (Simon Flower's Lost At Sea Mix) 7:04
12 Harmonia (Rob's Light Remix) 3:38
13 Fragile Ladders (Groove Yantra's Eclectic, Psychedelic Dub) 6:02
14 Please Leave Quietly (Friends Electric Remix) 6:22
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Remixes + Rarities, the lalbum from Aucklands Pitch Black, is a package of rare tracks and lovingly crafted remixes of other artists music, chosen by Paddy Free and Mike Hodgson to represent their 15 years as one of NZs favourite electronica acts. Known globally for their stomping live sets, Remixes + Rarities showcases Pitch Blacks mellower side. Beginning with a dancefloor friendly, but respectful,reworking of the Richard Nunns and Hirini Melbourne original, Te Po and ending with an equally haunting version of Tikis Past Present Future, the album represents the past, present and future of the Pitch Black partnership. Included in the remixes are tracks by fellow NZ dub trailblazers International Observer and Salmonella Dub, who appear alongside independent music producer Tom Cosm and reggae legends Katchafire. Also fed through the PB warping machine are tracks from further afield: Mirror Beach by Mirror System (the ambient project of System 7); and A New Day, a remix of a Sri Lankan track that Pitch Black did for the Laya Project, a collaboration of regional folk musicians affected by the 2004 tsunami. Included on the album are three Pitch Black rarities, one of which is a recording of 1996s Im a Wanderer, the first track the pair worked on together, which showcases the industrial beginnings of what would become the Pitch Black sound: a dynamic balancing act between heavily sculpted basslines and choppy melody. Also included is Kaikoura Dub, the track used on Whalerider after Mike having been asked by Niki Caro for some music gave her a 23 minute mix of a jam recorded in Kaikoura. She ended up choosing a sliver for the film. We subsequently used the bones of this track for the tune Elements Turn on Ape to Angel The last rarity is Protect the Grain a windborne ambient track that was previously released on the limited edition EP Flex around the time of widespread anti GE demonstrations in NZ and worldwide. Pitch Black have always been more than a dance act, but on Remixes + Rarities they demonstrate the full reach of the musical territory they love to explore.
Pitch Black - Rarities and Remixes ( flac 412mb)
01 Hirini Melbourne & Richard Nunns -Te Po (Pitch Black Remix) 5:07
02 Pitch Black - Kaikoura Dub (Original Demo) 8:08
03 International Observer - House Of The Rising Dub (Pitch Black Remix) 6:18
04 Salmonella Dub - For The Love Of It (Pitch Black Version) 6:04
05 Tom Cosm - The Opaque (Pitch Black Remix) 7:26
06 Katchafire - Sensimillia (Pitch Black's Sensi Dub) 4:03
07 Pitch Black - I'm A Wanderer 6:04
08 Mirror System - Mirror Beach (Pitch Black's Iron Sands Re-rub) 8:05
09 Laya Project - A New Day (Pitch Black Remix) 11:53
10 Pitch Black - Protect The Grain 3:36
11 Tiki - Past Present Future (Pitch Black's Sleep Whisperer Mix) 6:17
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Since their very first gig at the Gathering music festival on Takaka Hill in 1996, Mike and Paddy have wowed audiences all over the world with their unique genre-bending brand of live electronic music.
The secret to their longevity is that if you’re never in fashion, you’re never go out of fashion! In an age when electronic genres and fads come and go, seemingly monthly, Pitch Black have managed to keep their sonic identity due to the blend of two very different personalities and musical styles: Paddy Free, the manic groove-merchant, and Michael Hodgson, the dark dub-meister.
Their new album saw them adopt a different working method - one they’ve dubbed (pardon the pun) remote-control. With Mike situated in London since 2012 and Paddy temporarily based in New York, Filtered Senses was written by swapping files over the web, with an intensive two week mixing session together in Mike’s studio in Hackney to finish the job. With the tracks ranging from the ambient wash of “A Great Silence is Spreading” to the stomping foot tapper of “Pixel Dust”, with everything else in between, Filtered Senses could be described as having one foot on the dancefloor, one eye in the cinema and both ears in psychedelic stereo. Pitch Black regularly collaborate with MC’s and vocalists who bring a different groove and a fresh sound to their tracks. Filtered Senses is no different, with the vocals on the album contributed by Alison Evelyn, a Londoner who Mike met at a vinyl night he runs. Her contemplative and observational words merged beautifully into the Pitch Black sound. Despite nine years between albums and four years living in different hemispheres, Filtered Senses is instantly recognisable as a Pitch Black album thanks to the unfeasibly large bass and endless delays sprinkled with touches of playfulness amidst the menacing undertones.
Pitch Black - Filtered Senses ( flac 280mb)
01 Filtered Senses 7:12
02 Circuit Bent 7:31
03 Invisible Chatter 5:29
04 Dub Smoke 6:51
05 A Great Silence Is Spreading 6:11
06 It's the Future Knocking 7:24
07 Without the Trees 5:48
08 Pixel Dust 7:10
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Pitch Black's two-decade career of fusing different musical styles is in full effect across this eight track release. Dub, downbeat, techno, drum’n’bass and cinematic ambience are all ingredients in an echo-drenched odyssey that moves the heart and mind and body, as Pitch Black’s distinctive sonic signature of deep analogue dub combines with beats ranging from slinky to slamming and vocals spanning enigmatic to emphatic. As the album shifts between dance floor and brain food, it reflects on a world similarly in transition between two states. On the one hand, the planet faces depleting resources and a looming climate emergency; on the other, capitalism and consumerism are marching blindly onwards. As a result of this conundrum, there are many contemplative moments on the album, most notably with the world’s extinction echoing in the ambience of the final track “Did You Get the Message”. Despite prevaricating between pessimism and optimism, “Third Light” is far from a depressing record. After all, Pitch Black are far from technological luddites, and just as their futuristic beats strive for a progressive future, so they hope for a more harmonious tomorrow.
Pitch Black - Third Light ( flac 288mb)
1 The Silver World 5:11
2 One Ton Skank 8:20
3 Third Light 8:13
4 Artificial Intolerance 5:55
5 Daylight Wasting 7:38
6 The Lake Within 5:35
7 A Doubtful Sound 6:40
8 Did You Get the Message 5:25
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